
Talk about a dream to write! Here is a feature on Britain’s Best Libraries for Spectator Life.
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Talk about a dream to write! Here is a feature on Britain’s Best Libraries for Spectator Life.
Continue reading Inside Britain’s Best Libraries
I was absolutely thrilled to be shortlisted in the Surrey Life Magazine / Guildford Book Festival Short Story Competition!
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Travel via reading! Here is a poet’s guide to the Lake District, which originally appeared in the Spectator Life.
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Time for some fiction! Here is a short story I wrote for Standpoint Magazine. It was thoughtfully illustrated by Ellie Foreman-Peck. Thank you Ellie! Click here to read it (or scroll below…)
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I loved writing this feature for Spectator Life! The surprising day jobs of famous authors.
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Last night I attended my sister’s latest book launch for her new book: In The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny (published by Harper Collins). The location was the beautiful Panter and Hall Gallery on Pall Mall.

The room was packed with publishers, literary agents, editors, journalists, writers, poets, actors, and, of course, her closest friends and family, all supporting her and her new book!


I’m thrilled to say the book has already been a great success! Daisy had a sell out talk at the Hay Festival this year…
Daisy’s book In The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny, published by William Collins is out now.
Visit your nearest bookshop to grab a copy!

This is a quick piece I wrote about the demise of coins for Standpoint Magazine.
When tax discs became obsolete in 2014, my thoughts turned to a young boy who had appeared on the news with his collection proudly pasted into albums.
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I wrote a story on the relationship between the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Greek National Opera for ARGO Magazine.

I really enjoyed writing this piece on the artists who loved Argenteuil for Spectator Life.
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